haloblack are an American

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group formed in

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, United States. The original incarnation consisted solely of Bryan Barton (as Bryan Black) until Bill Morrisette and Damien Ray joined. Their style of

combined elements of electro,

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and

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. They have been on tour with other industrial outfits including

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and

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and in addition supported

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. The band released three albums: ''

Tension Filter ''Tension Filter'' (or stylized as ''>Tension Filter<'') is the debut studio album by

haloblack

, released on November 1, 1994 by ...

'' and ''

funkyhell ''funkyhell'' (or sylized as '':funkyhell:'') is the second studio album by haloblack, released on November 1, 1994, by Fifth Colvmn Records. The album represented the band's musical shift from a guitar dominated syle into a minimalist approach ...

'' for

Fifth Colvmn Records Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, owner of the nightclub FIFTH COLVMN, located in Washington D.C. The label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure ...

and '' Throb'' for Armalyte Industries/The Sick City.

History

haloblack was formed in

Bryan Barton haloblack are an American industrial rock group formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The original incarnation consisted solely of Bryan Barton (as Bryan Black) until Bill Morrisette and Damien Ray joined. Their style of industrial r ...

(as Bryan Black). His first release was the

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'' HB2'' in 1992. Musicians Olivier Grasset and Arianne Schreiber joined to Barton make haloblack into a band and

signed them in 1994, releasing the band's debut album titled ''

Tension Filter ''Tension Filter'' (or stylized as ''>Tension Filter<'') is the debut studio album by

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, released on November 1, 1994 by ...

'' in November. The music was favorably compared to

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and the compositional depth received praise. The band followed that release in 1995 with the EP titled ''

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''. haloblack moved to a less guitar driven sound for their third and final full-length album ''

'', released in 1996 for Fifth Colvmn. The album was highly informed by

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and lead with the track "Distractor", which had previously appeared on the ''

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'' various artists compilation. In 1997 Haloblack has received commissions to score sonic backgrounds for 3D video games. After the haloblack's second album Barton moved from Minneapolis to London in the late 90s. After being inspired to write again after listening extensively to ''

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'' by Tricky and other electronic music Barton began working on a third album. The band released '' Throb'' on the United Kingdom-based music labels Armalyte Industries and The Sick City. The album was made with collaborative efforts of musicians Kraig Tyler,

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and Olivier Grasset.

Discography

Studio albums * ''

Tension Filter ''Tension Filter'' (or stylized as ''>Tension Filter<'') is the debut studio album by

haloblack

, released on November 1, 1994 by ...

'' (1994, Fifth Colvmn) * ''

'' (1996, Fifth Colvmn) * '' Throb'' (2004, Armalyte Industries/The Sick City) Extended play * '' HB2'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1995, Fifth Colvmn) Compilation albums * ''

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'' (1992)

References

External links

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